--- a/langtools/make/intellij/misc.xml	Tue Dec 09 16:09:07 2014 +0000
+++ b/langtools/make/intellij/misc.xml	Tue Dec 09 17:40:02 2014 +0000
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   <component name="EntryPointsManager">
     <entry_points version="2.0" />
   </component>
-  <component name="ProjectRootManager" version="2" languageLevel="JDK_1_7" assert-keyword="true" jdk-15="true">
+  <component name="ProjectRootManager" version="2" languageLevel="JDK_1_8" assert-keyword="true" jdk-15="true">
     <output url="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/build" />
   </component>
 </project>